One Nation Responds To Al Jazeera Report By Referring It To The AFP

One Nation has referred Al Jazeera to the AFP and ASIO over explosive reports senior figures in the party sought millions in funding from the NRA, claiming the publication is a "foreign agent".

The extraordinary development, first reported by The Australian, comes after Al Jazeera published evidence of One Nation party leader Steve Dickson and chief of staff James Ashby seeking $US20 million in funding from the powerful gun lobby.

"Al Jazeera are a state-owned propaganda arm of the Qatari government that supports Islamic extremist groups and are not a legitimate media organisation," a One Nation spokesperson told 10 daily.

"One Nation has asked Al Jazeera to show complete transparency and release the full context of conversations.

"The matter has been referred to ASIO and the Australian Federal Police due to concerns of foreign interference into Australian politics in the lead up to the imminent federal election."

One Nation Chief of Staff James Ashby at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Photo: AAP.

The spokesperson described One Nation as being "targeted" by Al Jazeera (it refers to journalist Rodger Muller as a "foreign agent") due to its anti-immigration policies.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the report as "deeply concerning", reiterating his stance that Australia has no plans to weaken its gun control laws.

"Thankfully our government has also made laws to criminalise taking foreign political donations so foreign lobbyists cannot seek to influence our politics," Morrison said on Twitter.

Greens Senator Mehreen Feruqi took it further, saying the Al Jazeera report should serve as a "dire warning" for Australians concerned about gun control.

"We have become a little complacent about gun control in Australia and there are people and political parties like One Nation who are trying to take advantage of that," Faruqi, who is also gun control spokesperson for the Greens, said in a statement.

However, the government is so far refusing to publicly comment. Speaking to the ABC's Sabra Lane on Tuesday morning, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham wouldn't answer a direct question on One Nation referencing, but said Australians "ought to reject extremism in all forms".

"She should explain whether or not she was truly seeking an amazing $20 million in foreign donations to One Nation [and] whether or not she actually believes we should be weakening Australia's gun laws."

He added that the party "appear[s] to be a risk to our foreign donation law bans."

Hanson and Ashby pictured in Parliament House in 2017. Image: AAP

Al Jazeera's investigation -- the culmination of three years work -- tracked One Nation figures, Ashby and Dickson, as they travelled to Washington DC to meet with powerful gun lobby groups, including the NRA.